Video: The greatest movie trailer ever?

posted at 6:01 pm on July 24, 2013 by Allahpundit

Top ten at least, no? Better still, this appears to be representative of the film. According to io9, the opening sequence of “Gravity” is a 17-minute long take. This isn’t a conventional space adventure a la “Apollo 13.” This is … different:

[O]n a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone—tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth…and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.

My lone, futile criticism is that this scene would work better with no-name actors. It’s amazing as is, but there’s no way to escape entirely into this scenario once you realize that that’s George and Sandra. Imagine casting a pair of unknowns and re-dubbing the audio transmissions so that they’re understated and realistic. Alas, box-office economics are what they are.

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As someone who works in the industry:
No, not the greatest movie trailer ever. So. Much. Wrong.
321mdl on July 25, 2013 at 12:05 AM

321. I Haven’t seen the clip…no intention of paying full price to see much of anything Hollyweird puts out.

When someone starts off their comment with: “As someone who works in the industry…” they usually mention this to give “street cred” to their opinion/statement. While “working in the movie industry” may give you street cred in how a movie is made…or how a specific special effect was created…or how high certain production costs can run….or in stating which overpaid windbag actor is banging which overpaid windbag actress…”working in the movie industry” absolutely DOES NOT give you street cred in telling the customers how good your product is….sometimes just the opposite is true. Just saying (with no disrespect intended).